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Good luck with it Linda. Worth it in the end.

I hope that everyone is OK. I will be thinking of Joan tomorrow. <3 <3

The move is plodding along here. I am trying to swap over all the utilities etc. it is amazing just how many things are on the list. Most of it should be easily done on line, but the websites crash or when they seem to work, the follow up email is wrong. It is all head banging, but I will get there

Well done Linda. Happy you now have a moving date, thats a relief to you as you can now plan to that date.

Very cold here tonight and I have had to put the heating on in both bedrooms. Its promising snow at some stage but not sure if we will get the worst of it.

Today it has been raining all day and pretty grim outside. The wind died down but now it is getting up again and its bin day tomorrow, never fails.

I was making 10 bags of gift tags today with 10 strung cards in each. I ordered coloured hologram paper which is a good thick card. Took me about 2 hours, but all done and bagged up now ready for the Spring Fayre end of March.

Brother is back to work with a big support thingy covering his hand and my cut has now sealed properly so taken off my bandage as well.

Hoping I get to hear this week from sol or estate agents as not heard in awhile but the paperwork takes ages!

Hoping the sun shines on Thursday for you Joan <3

Florence in the hebrides

Well done Linda, good luck with the move.

A bit of good news from me. The contracts on both houses were exchanged this afternoon, so there is no going back now. We don’t move until the 22nd.

Good to see, Joan, that you found a chink in the curtain. Hope the weather holds for you on Thursday.

It is good to see you posting Joan. You will be in my thoughts, especially on Thursday which will be a difficult day for you, but I am sure it will be a wonderful celebration of your husbands life

Evening all.

Joan, good to see you posting.

I'm sure with all your support of family, everything will go smoothly on Thursday. If I lived closer, I would come and support you but sadly Im too far away.

Like AnnG, I would like to send you a card but don't know your address.

We will all be thinking of you on Genes next Thursday <3

Florence in the hebrides

Good to hear from you, Joan.

It's always such a busy time before a funeral, on top of the grief - but you'll get through it, with the support of your family and friends.
We're all thinking of you.

Hello Joan, I have added a message to you on Linda's thread. We will continue to send you our thoughts and hugs and will think of you on Thursday (8th) as you give your Jack the send off he deserves.

I wished I could have sent you a card but, of course didn't have your address.

Oh this morning I was admiring your snowdrops in my garden, not all up and flowering yet but about half of them are and the leaves of the others are coming through.

Hello everyone.

To all my GR friends I would just like to say a big THANKYOU for all the kind words, thoughts & messages of sympathy on the loss of my beloved Jack.
Even though he had been ill for a very long time his passing has left myself & his family bereft losing him.

I am coping, just, but it is soo hard, especially dealing with his funeral & all the legal things that comes with a death.
We haven't had the funeral yet, we had to allow a little more time putting things in place as 4 out of our 5 children don't live close & trying to get everyone here at the same time to discuss the arrangements has not been easy, slowly things are coming together & hopefully all will be well on the day (next Thursday)

I have received many cards & there have been sooo many sympathy messages from local people who have added to the nearby local village facebook group, many of the names I don't know myself but from their messages they knew Jack very well.
I am so grateful for all the kind words from all those who knew him.

THANKYOU to all on the Chit Chat thread for thinking of me & my family at this really sad time.. <3

Joan.

Good evening, I hope that everyone is OK, especially Joan <3 <3

It has been a weird couple of days house wise. Yesterday, we were told that all was ready and we were asked for a date we would like to move. We said before the 19th as our annual house insurance is due that day. The people in the house we are buying said that they couldn’t move before the 26th, so we accepted that. This morning the people buying our house asked if it could be brought forward to the 22nd as their stuff is in storage and their contract was coming to an end, it was going to cost them another £600 to extend it. So we all agreed the 22nd and my solicitor was expecting to exchange this afternoon when our buyers were taking their signed documents into their solicitor. Only it turned out that they weren’t going until 4pm, so that was far too late. Plus they haven’t transferred their money from the bank to their solicitors. Honestly I could give them a shake because they are the ones desperate to get it all signed off, but they are making rookie mistakes. So the exchange will have to take place on Monday now, but at least we have a moving date.

I then tried to arrange a removal company, but the one I wanted can’t do it on that day. I have found one who can do it, but getting a quote out of them is like drawing teeth. I will have a go with some more tomorrow. Oh well, it will all get sorted in the end.

Hello everyone,

Florence, I hope your finger is ok those cuts are so easy to do when washing up. Also the stanley knife cuts my OH has done those several times over the years. The last one he did was Qct. last year and he almost took the top off his thumb . The nurse at the hospital asked his age and how he did it , then told him he was old enough to know better . lol. Some people never learn though. lol. Hard for your brother though as it's work not just DIY. Hope his hand heals quickly.

Linda, great that you found what you wanted with the fire and surround hope all continues to go smoothly.

Bright and sunny here but breezy and cold as well.

Thinking of you Joan at this sad time. <3 <3

Take care all.
Ginnie

Afternoon all

Well my brother had his hand glued back together and yes was a new blade in his stanley knife ouch! He has been given a support thingy to keep on during the day and yes he has gone back to work(hes self employed). Anyway not one to be left out, whilst i was washing up, I somehow managed to cut my index finger on my right hand about 1 1/2 cm gash. My own fault as I had put the sharp knife into the bowl and didnt see it for the soap suds.

It was bleeding for ages as it would but found some dressings and now I have a thick dressing around my fingers, what next!

Linda, glad you found what you were looking for. It gets very frustrating when you cant find want you want but yes, sometimes the smaller shops are better to deal with and service is so much better.

When you go to the larger shops, I think we are just a number with a price tag hanging off us!

So all calm now after the last 2 days of horrendous weather. Its been raining and im feeling quite chilly too as think the temp has dropped right down.

Just done all me chores so everything all spick & span so Im having a sit down now with a coffee.

~~~~~ to Joan and sending
<3 <3 <3

Take care all

Florence in the hebrides

Good morning all
Good to get something that is quite a big 'thing' sorted Linda. And nice to find a helpful assistant as well. There are some around and they do seem to be in independent shops generally speaking.

It is lovely and sunny here but very cold, still only 5 degrees, ten minutes ago it was 3 degrees so maybe the sun is warming things up.


hope you can fix a date soon.

Florence hope your brother's cut hand is OK.

Sending Joan a <3 <3 <3 Hug.

Oh dear, your poor SIL, just what the family didn’t need

It was really wild last night here as well. I just couldn’t sleep last night because my head was going round in circles with all the house things we need to do. I heard from our solicitor this morning, she had got the signed contract we sent back yesterday. She had been trying to talk to our buyers solicitor, but they weren’t replying. Anyway, she hopes we can exchange contracts on Friday, oe Monday at the latest. She also wanted to know our preferred moving date. Anything is good for us and for our buyers as they aren’t moving in on the day we complete. All of their stuff is in storage and they are living with their daughter, so they can move in at their leisure. It all depends on what the owners of our new house want. It would be helpful to us if we could move before Monday 19 th as our annual house insurance is due that day.

We had a fruitful afternoon, we need to take out the fire surround, chipped marble hearth and horrible old gas fire in the new house. We have been looking at fireplace showrooms and despairing because they all seem to be stoves or high end fancy media walls. Luckily one of the shops recommended that we go to a showroom in our local town. As soon as we walked in, we knew we were in the right place. We have chosen a new electric fire and marble hearth, plus narrowed it down to two surrounds. I was worried that it would be too far for them to do it, but they work all over. The woman was just so helpful and sensible, so that is one thing ticked off.

Well what a night! The storm was horrendous and still is but we have power so thankful for that.

No buses or ferries and people have heeded the warnings to stay at home as I have only seen 2 cars passing recently.

My nephew was 7 yesterday and SIL had make a cake and set up a family tea party for 4-5pm as he had had a bowling party on Fri evening with all his school friends but...brother somehow managed to cut his hand so badly probably with a stanley knife(work tool) and ended up in A & E at 4pm!! He didnt get seen until 6pm so the tea party didn't go to plan. Think he was getting stitches but didn't hear anymore.

Hope everyone else looking in is safe and well.

Keeping you in our thoughts Joan, Love & hugs to you and the family. <3

Florence in the hebrides

Sorry to hear that. Joan will be feeling lost at the moment. Sending her love and it is good that she has the family round her. <3

Very sad news indeed <3

Aw so sad for Joan and the family <3